Matildas book two home friendlies with Mexico in June

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/YXMhvJho/"]Matildas[/a] are still licking their wounds from March's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/asia/asian-cup-women/"]Women's Asian Cup[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/australia-YXMhvJho/japan-ltLyWcnC/?mid=WSoIRXdD"]1-0 defeat to Japan[/a] in the tournament final, but secured qualification for the 2027 Women's World Cup to be held in Brazil. [/p][p]Their preparation for that tournament will take another step forward this winter when they host rank no. 27 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mexico/Eur0xvQk/"]Mexico[/a] at Newcastle's McDonald Jones Stadium and Sydney's Commbank Stadium during the June international window. [/p][p]Mexico missed out on the 2023 and 2019 World Cups and will look to qualify for 2027 via the CONCACAF W Championship in November-December, when they will play off against rank no. 49 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/haiti/dAnqimNu/"]Haiti[/a] in Texas for a position. [/p][embed guid="2b713077-313e-4e8b-b15c-42ec264649f2" url="https://x.com/Miseleccionfem/status/2050003594854711365" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Matildas will be warm favourites for both fixtures not just because of their home advantage and superior ranking, but also a dominant head-to-head record of nine wins from the ten meetings between the two nations.[/p][p]The most recent one was a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/australia-YXMhvJho/mexico-Eur0xvQk/?mid=ITjYw7En"]2-0 friendly win to Australia[/a] in San Antonio during April 2024. [/p][p]The two matches will take place on Saturday June 6 (Newcastle) and Tuesday June 9 (western Sydney), with tickets to go on sale next week and Paramount+ to broadcast both fixtures. [/p]